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Business and Economic News

American Crystal Sugar workers to vote on new contract

American Crystal Sugar workers to vote on new contract

Union workers at Moorhead based American Crystal Sugar Company vote Thursday on a five-year contract the company calls a final offer.
by Dan Gunderson

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Grocery stores: 'The best of America and the worst of America'

Grocery stores: 'The best of America and the worst of America'

In his new book, Michael Ruhlman explores how and why Americans have changed from corner-store customers to insatiable consumers of every edible product at our fingertips.
by Laurel Dalrymple

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Why we don't hear about the decline in retail jobs

Why we don't hear about the decline in retail jobs

Mine or steel workers' job losses often take the forefront in discussions of the U.S. economy. But department stores have lost 18 times more workers than coal mining since 2001.
by Tom Weber and Jo Erickson

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An alert researcher, teamwork helped stem huge cyberattack

An alert researcher, teamwork helped stem huge cyberattack

Britain's National Cyber Security Center and others are hailing a 22-year-old cybersecurity researcher who discovered a so-called "kill switch" that halted the unprecedented outbreak.
by Associated Press

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Nations grapple with huge cyberattack, but more's coming

The worldwide cyberextortion attack is so unprecedented that Microsoft quickly changed its policy, announcing security fixes available for free for the older Windows systems still used by millions of individuals and smaller businesses.
by Associated Press

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Dayton: I'll veto bill stopping cities from setting wages, sick time

Dayton: I'll veto bill stopping cities from setting wages, sick time

The so-called preemption bill would bar Minnesota cities from setting their own paid sick leave requirements, minimum wages and other rules on private employers. The governor Thursday took a strong stand against it.
by Brian Bakst

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